Elephant Havens Wildlife Foundation

Elephant Havens Wildlife Foundation Elephant Havens is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and preserving African elephants. Donate to Save Elephants: www.elephanthavens.org
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About Us
Gate opens for visits at 09:00 and closes at 10:00 in the morning and opens again at 16:00 and closes at 17:00 sharp! Everyday

ELEPHANT HAVENS WILDLIFE FOUNDATION·TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020·
Elephant Havens is an elephant orphanage located on the outskirts of Maun, Botswana. Through habitat protection, community outreach, and the rescue and hand-rearing of young elephant orphans, Elephant

Havens aims to become a leading voice in wildlife conservation awareness and wildlife protection. We envision a world in which African elephants and local communities co-exist without conflict, and where young elephant orphans are saved and reintroduced into the wild. By educating local communities on elephant behavior and habitat protection, we hope to instill an understanding of the benefits of conservation. At the same time, we are working with farmers to discover specific areas of conflict with local elephants. Finding and implementing creative solutions to keep elephants from trampling crops and devastating livestock will go a long way towards reducing the human-elephant conflict. Using funds from generous donors, we built the Elephant Havens orphanage on the edge of the Okavango Delta. This sanctuary for abandoned and orphaned elephants is a safe place for them to be cared for until they can be reintroduced into the wild. We encourage both foreign visitors and local community members to visit and learn more about these remarkable animals. With access and education, we hope to bridge some of the gap between communities and wildlife. We are also creating educational activities and experiences aimed at helping people of all ages to understand and appreciate wildlife and wild lands, encouraging people to take action to conserve it now and for future generations.

16/06/2026

Rosie and Joy spent a good chunk of the afternoon at the sand pit, taking turns digging and occasionally bumping into each other about it.

Sand is part of their daily routine, good for their skin and something they genuinely seem to love. Watching Rosie figure out her trunk in there is something else.

You can be part of their story at https://buff.ly/Bm5ll1o

16/06/2026

Joy decided Bee's lap was the best spot on the property this afternoon. She wasn't quiet about it either.

These two have a way of finding each other at the end of a long day. Meet the rest of the herd at https://buff.ly/Bm5ll1o

14/06/2026

Joy spent most of this afternoon investigating the camera with her trunk. KT says she gives kisses to anyone who gets close enough. Based on available evidence, that checks out.

She was found on the highway outside Maun at three weeks old. Now she runs the whole operation. You can follow her story at https://buff.ly/Bm5ll1o

13/06/2026

Joy fell asleep mid-hug this afternoon. Trunk wrapped around Debra, eyes closed, snoring.

Joy came to us at three weeks old, found alone on the highway outside Maun with sunburned ears and no herd in sight. She has come a long way from that first night in the nursery. This is what trust looks like when it is fully settled in.

You can be part of stories like this at https://buff.ly/Bm5ll1o

11/06/2026

KT doing afternoon snacks with Joy and Boka. Joy kept trying to get into the bucket before her turn. Boka was patient about it, which she always is.

These two have been inseparable since Joy arrived as a three-week-old. Watching Boka take on that mother role has been one of the best things to see this year.

You can follow along with the whole herd at https://buff.ly/Bm5ll1o

10/06/2026

Joy fell asleep on Onks this afternoon. She has done this since she was tiny and clearly has not gotten the memo that she is not tiny anymore.

Onks did not move. That is the job.

Meet the rest of the herd at https://buff.ly/Bm5ll1o

09/06/2026

Benny says his favorite time of day is midday, when it gets hot and the herd heads to the water. He walks with them to every corner of the sanctuary and watches them figure it out.

That kind of quiet joy is what keeps this place going. The people who show up every day and find something worth noticing.

Meet the rest of the herd at https://buff.ly/Bm5ll1o

09/06/2026

Joy and Boka found the sand pit this morning. Onks was in the middle of it all, which is exactly where he usually ends up.

This is what a regular afternoon looks like at Elephant Havens. Two elephants, one handler, and a lot of sand.

See more of the herd at https://buff.ly/Bm5ll1o

07/06/2026

Joy, Noname, and Khwai were a full tangle of trunks and legs in the dirt this afternoon. Someone was always falling on someone else, and nobody seemed to mind.

This kind of rough play is how young elephants build the social bonds that will matter for the rest of their lives. They are learning how to read each other, how to communicate, how to recover when something goes sideways. It looks like chaos, but there is a lot going on underneath it.

Meet Joy, Noname, Khwai, and the rest of the herd at https://buff.ly/Bm5ll1o

Address

Maun

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 10:00
16:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 10:00
16:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 10:00
16:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 10:00
16:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 10:00
16:00 - 17:00
Saturday 09:00 - 10:00
16:00 - 17:00
Sunday 09:00 - 10:00
16:00 - 17:00

Telephone

+26773809428

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